It was my 27th Birthday and it was Saturday night. My best friend Rafael Luz had invited us over for a meal to celebrate it. I remember it like it was last week - the cake had come, the candles were glistening and I was told to make a wish...
Amy and I had been thinking of a baby for a couple months before that. We had always planned to have a baby around our 5th year anniversary. Now that the anniversary was coming up the following year we started to explore the idea.
But on that birthday something happened to me. I developed a deep desire to be a dad. I really wanted to have a child. Amy and I were (and still are) deeply in love with each other, to the point of almost self-combustion, and the timing seemed right. It was as if we couldn’t contain our love any longer - we had to express it.
This is so difficult to explain that I will trust that if you’ve had this experience before you will know what I mean. If you haven’t, I really hope you find someone to share your soul with and when you discover a love that is deeper and more powerful than life or death itself - you will know what I mean!
Anyway, back to the birthday wish. I couldn’t think of anything else but to wish for a baby. I prayed eagerly that God would bless us with a child and that it would happen soon. God heard me and granted the wish. My birthday was on the 15th November - you do the math!
